The crystal structure of pneumolysin at 2.0Å resolution reveals the molecular packing of the pre-pore complex

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Marshall, Jamie E ^a   Faraj, Bayan H A ^a   Gingras, Alexandre R ^a,b   Lonnen, Rana ^a   Sheikh, Md Arif ^a,c   El Mezgueldi, Mohammed ^a   Moody, Peter C E ^a   Andrew, Peter W ^a   Wallis, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPID BILAYER; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; PORIN; STREPTOLYSIN;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PORINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 84940986542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13293     Document Type: Article

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